uncertainty

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(noun.)

ADJ

considerable, great | growing | continuing, lingering | economic, financial, legal, political

QUANT

degree, element

VERB + UNCERTAINTY

cause, create, give rise to, lead to

add (to), fuel, increase

The delay in announcing the results only increased uncertainty among the anxious job applicants.

reduce | bring/put an end to, eliminate, remove, resolve

face

The company faced considerable uncertainty when the new manager arrived last month.

UNCERTAINTY + VERB

surround sth

There is considerable uncertainty surrounding the company's future after the recent announcement.

PREP

~ about

There was some uncertainty about whether the meeting would happen on Friday.

~ as to

There is some uncertainty as to which train we should take to the airport.

~ over

There is still considerable uncertainty over when the new train station will actually open.

PHRASES

an area of uncertainty

The main area of uncertainty is whether the project will be completed on time.

a feeling of uncertainty, a period of uncertainty

Definitions

noun

1

Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.

“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.

After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage

2

Something uncertain or ambiguous.

Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.

3

A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

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Synonyms

noun — being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance

uncertainness
precariousness

noun — the state of being unsure of something

doubt
incertitude
dubiety
doubtfulness
dubiousness

Antonyms

certainty

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“Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat

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After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality a

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Piecing together Corbynomics is difficult, not least because it has evolved during Mr Corbyn’s time in charge of Labour. The gulf between the Labour leadership’s past positions and the milder proposal

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04

The evidence left no room for uncertainty.

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I feel the uncertainty of life.

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The uncertainty about the weather has had a definite effect upon the Englishman's character.

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